China’s President Xi Jinping (3rd R) and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd L) meet at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping called Tuesday for peace between Israel and an independent Palestine “as soon as possible” during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, state media reported. Xi said “A peaceful, stable and developing Middle East is the common interest of all parties… China appreciates that the Israeli side will continue to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian issue on the basis of the ‘two-state solution’,” Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying during their meeting. “As soon as possible, (I hope) the two countries will live in peace and coexistence.”
